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Mississippi Grand lodge By-Laws list the order of business as shall be as follows, not recommended agenda. Thus if you sit in the east you do not have an option to omit the pledge.
MS By-laws require the Pledge of Allegiance after the opening of the lodge. It is proper curtsy and standard practice that the Master remove his hat before asking the brethren to join him in giving the Pledge of Allegiance, so if a brother choses not to participate they are welcome to do so...
"I have a question regarding observation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Does anyone find it ironic that the Pledge is recited by rote in most lodges, but a discussion of it in that same lodge would likely be prohibited because the topics involved are so politically and religiously fraught?"
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Starr is right some states do offer a cypher book. I completed my work in MS where it is all mouth to ear. The first degree is the hardest. My lodge in MS has a few brothers on an education committee and they almost offer their services 7 days a week. It took me 2 weeks to learn the first...